The Goodspeed Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansashttp://www.rootsweb.com/~armontgo/biosw.htmHiram A. WHITTINGTON has been an active agriculturist for many years,
and as such as metwith a more than ordinary degree of success. He was born in
New Hampshire on February 17, 1832, toCol. Granville and Cordelia (Wilder) Whittington, both of
whom were born in Massachusetts,the later being a native of Boston, and the former of Cohasset.They were married in Boston, in which city they made their home
until 1838, when they came toHot Springs, Ark., at which place they made their home until 1840.
They then moved to a farmnear Mount Ida, where there mother is still living, where the father
died on April 27, 1887,at the age of seventy-nine years. He was educated in Boston,
and learned the book-binder's trade,at which he worked until coming to Arkansas, when he abandoned it
after he had devotedone winter to it in Little Rock. From that time until his
death he followed farming as a livelihood,and being a man of splendid judgement and great energy he acquired
a large amount of property.He was judge of Hot Springs County, when Montgomery, Garland and
Hot Springs were one,holding the position one term, and after Montgomery County was organized
he represented itin the Lower House of the Legislature. He was internal improvement
commissioner for several years,and held other important positions of trust. For several
years he was colonel in the State Militia,and was known as a man of undoubted honor, kindness of heart, and
very charitable.He was a Knight Templar Mason, represented his lodge in the Grand
Lodge of the State a number of years,and although formerly a Whig, he became a stanch Democrat after
the war.He was a Southern sympathizer during this time, and was in favor
of succession.His father, William Whittington, was born in England and died in
Massachusetts.A son of his, Maj. Hiram A. Whittington, a brother of Granville
Whittington,recently died in Hot Springs, Ark., aged eighty-nine.The mother of the subject of this sketch is residing on the old
homestead in this county,and although she has reached the advanced age of eighty years, she
is quite hale.She is a member of the Christian Church, and has been a mother of
ten children, four of whom are now living: Hiram A., Granville N., Horatio B.,
Cordelia, wife of John S. Elder, of Mount Ida.The other children died as follows: Junius George, at the age of
forty-six years,William A., when thirty-five years of age, and Josiah W., when about
twenty.The other children died young.The immediate subject of this sketch spent his school days in this
county,and after making a home with his father until 1860,he began doing for himself on the farm which he now lives, the principal
part of which is covered with timber.Splendid improvements have been made by Mr. Whittington, and the
place is admirably adaptedand arranged for a stock farm, to which business he gives much attention.The greater part of his 200-acre farm is under cultivation, and
all the buildings are excellent.In June, 1863, he joined Col. Ginstead's regiment, Twenty-fourth
Arkansas Confederate Infantry,holding the rank of first lieutenant of Company I, but in October,
1863, was discharged at Little Rock.He afterwards became a member of Company K. Col. Newton's regiment,
and served until the final surrender.While he was in the army his farm had grown up to weeds, his house
had been burned to the ground andall property that could be laid hands on was taken away or destroyed.Thus he had to commence once more at the foot of the ladder, but
as has been stated above he has been remarkably successful.In November, 1860, he married Miss Martha Ann Garrett, a daughter
of Jesse B. Garrett of Mount Ida,formerly of Scott County, Ark., the State of birth being Illinois.Mrs. Whittington died in March, 1886, having become the mother of
the following children:Jefferson D., Ada E. (now married), Hiram A., Cordelia, and Clara
J., living.Mr. Whittington is a Democrat and a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. page 495-496.

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Searching LDS - Found WILLIAM WHITTINGTON and sons, of Massachusettsincluding Hiram and Granville WHITTINGTON, died in ARKANSAS.athttp://www.familysearch.org

Location: On Hwy 27 North heading north to Story.About two miles north of Mt. Ida. Red barn will be on your
right and the cemeterywill be just ahead on left through an opening in the trees.Driveway takes you up to the well maintained rock fenced cemetery
on a knoll.If you pass Wood Creek you have gone too far. Further on is the
Sweet Home church.

"The Whittingtons came to ARK. in 1834.To Mt. Ida in 1836. They established the Whittington cemetery for
their descendants.He was first Postmaster of and named Mt. Ida in 1842 then in Hot
Springs Co."Reference: transcribed from a large new upright marble headstone
beside Granville's andCordelia Whittington's neat old flat white gravestones.About 125 graves here and two unmarked. The homestead and post office
were located on a hill west of the cemetery.Oldest grave 1846 Sara Whittington. Still an active cemetery with
two recently dug graves in June 2000.

FMH = Funeral Home MarkerStar = Eastern Star A fraternal organization for wives, daughters,
mothers widows and sisters of Master Masons.Master Masons are also included in the membership. The Chapter for
Mt. Ida was issued 1903.Reference: Montgomery County : Our Heritage Vol. 1 page 381

**********MONTGOMERY CO AR: webpage says:Volume One compiled and edited by the Sesquicentennial Committee,
1986,contains the county, school and church histories and numerous family
histories.The purchase price for the two volume (1991) set was $75.00 plus
$6.00 p&h so the reprint the price would be higher.

Pubished by:The Montgomery County Historical SocietyP.O. Box 578, Mount Ida, AR 71957Volume One Montgomery County Our Heritage was reprinted summer 2003.Add $5 for shipping and handling on each book.This book as well as others are available though the local museum
store. Posted 11 Aug. 2003

AUTHORS: Richter, Wendy & Cline, Inez :TITLE: " They Can't Go Home: A History of Northwestern Garland County,
ARIncluding the towns of Buckville and Cedar Glades.Covers the area submerged by Lake Ouachita.Published 1990. 528 pages.Many photographs.A very good book to have if researching northwestern Garland Co.
AR.That area was in Montgomery Co. AR pre 1917.Includes an index and sources. Author sold out of the books June
2001but Wendy had the book reprinted in 2003.

Chapter 1 Blakely Mountain DamChapter 2 The First PeopleChapter 3 The Early SettlersChapter 4 The Civil WarChapter 5 Post war settlement and developmentChapter 6 Buckville and Cedar GladesChapter 7 The Post OfficesChapter 8 The SchoolsChapter 9 Fraternal OrganizationsChapter 10 Country DoctorsChapter 11 The ChurchesChapter 12 "When the Roll is called Up Yonder"Chapter 13 They Can't Go HomeChapter 14 Family Histories

http://www.rootsweb.com/~armontgo/relocatedcem.htmGarland County cemeteries from the north side of the Lake Ouachita
site were relocatedby the Army Corps of Engineers between 28 June 1952 and 25 July
1952 before the area wasinundated with water. Buckville Cemetery was the only cemetery in
the area left untouched bythe flooding of the Ouachita River. Since the dam was talked about
in the 1930s many startedburying elsewhere before all this took place. The various small
cemeteries of Bradley,Pittman (Williamson) & some of the Cedar Glades were moved to
the hilltop above what is now theBuckville Cemetery and ChurchThese graves are also known as the NEW CEDAR GLADES CEMETERY.Most of those from Cedar Glades went to the small Mount Valley Cemetery,originally Fowler Cem., near Hot Springs. It grew with the additions
of the grave removalsfrom the Buckville area, and many families of those descendants
bury there today.All were removed a coffee can of dirt at a time.Only recent graves were actually moved by the Corp of Engineers.We found also that many markers were never actually moved either....page 2 pittman cem

Handwritten patent image:"South half of the south West quarter of Section 12,and the north half of the North-West quarter of Section 13,in township 2 South, of Range twenty-two west of the FifthMeridian in Arkansas containing one hundred and sixty acres."